Does hypnotherapy work for fear of flying?
Hypnosis is merely a heightened state of suggestibility, in which you are better able to communicate with your subconscious mind. 85% of people are suggestible to some degree; 15% – 20% highly so, and 15% – 20% aren’t much at all, so you could either preferably seek professional hypnotherapy, or, if not an option, more along such lines is on page V at 8m.com, below, where this came from. ~~~ It may be related to stress, panic, or anxiety, so check out those topics at http://your-mental-health.8m.com/blank_2… (where this extract came from) and pages i, h, & m. View: http://www.uncommon-knowledge.co.uk/phob… & http://travel.qandas.com/flights/how-can… & at:
Though I’m thoroughly trained in hypnotherapy, I never use it any more for fear of flying. It just is not reliable, so I turned to developing reliable ways to deal with fear of flying that work reliably and work for everyone. As both a pilot and a licensed therapist, I have specialized in this work since 1980. The problem is this: when a person does not develop (between age zero and two) good ability to regulate emotion (and it isn’t your fault), you have to compensate for that by being in control, or by always having a way out. The way the mind works is this. The sub-cortex is trained to handle routine tasks. It can perform the steps required to drive a car or ride a bike without your having to pay much attention to doing it. You do it on sort of mental autopilot. Meanwhile, the amygdala is monitoring everything going on around you. It is dividing everything into “routine” or “non-routine”. If routine, it takes no action, and leaves the part of the brain that handles non-routine matte
